DEAN No, Cass, don't. [CASTIEL looms over DEAN, raises his angel blade.] Please. [CASTIEL buries the weapon into DEAN's chest. DEAN chokes. CASTIEL wrenches the blade from DEAN's chest, DEAN falls back, dead. Focus is on DEAN's face, blood running out of his mouth. We hear the click of switches, the buzz of electricity, the lights come on. NAOMI walks into the room.]

NAOMI No hesitation. Quick. Brutal. [NAOMI and CASTIEL stare down at DEAN.] Everything's back in order. [NAOMI smiles at CASTIEL.] Finally. [We see a close-up of CASTIEL, his face expressionless.] You're ready.

POV pulls back from DEAN to where we can see the entire floor of the warehouse covered with bodies in various positions, all bloodied, all dead, all DEAN.

Close-up of large wooden boxes, we see a pair of hands reaching into a box and pull out a smaller rectangular box with a glass lid. It is the tip of a spear.

DEAN What the hell is this? [Sighs; reads the contents of the box.] Spear of Destiny? What is this -- God's toothpick? [We see SAM in the control room typing away on his laptop.] You know, would it have killed these asshats to label these boxes in something other than hieroglyphics? It's ridiculous. [DEAN picks up a small box, opens it and lifts out an object, turns it over in his hands. We look over SAM's shoulder to see DEAN in the Men of Letter's library, table covered with large wooden and cardboard boxes.] Hey. You listening to me?

SAM Yeah. It's, uh... [SAM clears his throat.] Fascinating stuff. [We see DEAN opening another smaller box, looks like a Faberge egg.] You should probably, uh, write it all down in your journal for the archives, you know? [Clears his throat again.]

DEAN Yeah, thanks. You're a lot of help. [DEAN takes the ornate red and gold egg out of the box, opens it, sniffs it. SAM coughs in the background.] Hey, Doc Holliday, you all right over there?

DEAN is still sorting, pulls out a folder that contains an old magazine titled "Voluptuous ASIAN LOVELIES." He chuckles at the picture of the Asian woman on the cover holding a paper parasol.

DEAN Well, hello. [He flips through the old porn magazine.] These Men of Letters weren't so boring after all. Konnichiwa. [Said in Japanese to a page entitled "Appreciation of Asian Lovelies."] Hey, check this out. [DEAN walks down into the control room holding the magazine for SAM to see.]

SAM Dude, what is wrong with you?

DEAN What's wrong with me? You kidding me? This is a first edition, dude. [We get an overhead shot of SAM sitting at the laminated map table.] You know what this would go for on eBay?

SAM No. Why? Do you?

DEAN No. Maybe. Shut up. You find anything? [Overhead shot as DEAN sits sideways at the map table, the waste basket to SAM's side, but in front of DEAN.]

SAM I did, yeah -- uh, dead bodies showing up all over the Midwest last week. Benton, Indiana; Downers Grove, Illinois; uh, Novi, Michigan; and then again last night in Lincoln Springs, Missouri.

DEAN And how is this us?

SAM Because each of the victims had severe burns around their eyes, hands, and feet, puncture wounds through the backs of their hands, eyes and internal organs liquefied.

DEAN [Smacks lips.] That sounds like us.

SAM Yeah. Also, no link between any of the victims. Uh, one was a real-estate agent. Another was a local historian. Woman killed last night was a teacher.

DEAN What? Oh. Yeah. Yeah, make it 10. [SAM chuckles, gets up and leaves. DEAN puts down the magazine and sees the waste basket, he holds it up, there's the bloody napkin.]

EXT. IMPALA PARKED OUTSIDE THE MORTON HOUSE - DAY

SAM (V O) We just have a few routine follow-up questions about your wife, sir.

INT. MORTON HOUSE, LIVING ROOM - DAY

SAM Did she have any enemies? [SAM and DEAN are wearing their Fed suits.]

MR. MORTON Ann? Honestly, I can't think of a soul who'd want to hurt her, even after everything that happened.

DEAN Everything that happened?

MR. MORTON About a week ago, something changed in Ann. She was out of sorts, not herself at all.

SAM Out of sorts how?

MR. MORTON It'd be better if I show you.

INT. MORTON HOUSE, BASEMENT - DAY

MR. MORTON She stopped sleeping. [They walk down stairs into the basement with limited lighting, MR. MORTON turns on a switch that lights only half of the basement.] She stopped eating. She went out in the middle of the night, going God knows where. [MR. MORTON stands on the darker side of the basement.] I tried to talk to her, but, uh... She would just mutter to herself. [SAM and DEAN walk to the lit side of the basement. There's a large table covered with a miniature village, little plastic bags dangle over the table.]

SAM About what?

MR. MORTON Something... about an orchard? [We get a better view of the contents on the table. It's the model replica of a village made out of metal containers, cardboard boxes, a birdhouse, everything an ash grey in color.] Finally, I just followed her one night, and she went to the playground. Over here -- the elementary school. [MR. MORTON points to a section that looks like the replica of a school and playground. It's surrounded by a wall, has open areas, trees, miniature people. There are even several Matchbox cars on the "road" that surrounds the school, properly positioned to show traffic flow.] And she started digging. She would leave with these little bags full of dirt. Hung them here. [We see a close-up of the dirt filled plastic baggies hanging over the table.] All these bags represent holes that she dug in the ground.

DEAN Were these holes, uh -- I don't know -- 6 feet deep?

MR. MORTON No. She dug for hours. She never broke a sweat. Straight down 10, maybe 15 feet.

SAM Did you notice anything else?

MR. MORTON I didn't say anything to the cops 'cause I didn't want them to think I was crazy. After Ann came home, I came down here to confront her, and she was on the phone.

DEAN Any idea who she was talking to?

MR. MORTON No. But I know what I saw. And it wasn't my Annie. After I called her out, her eyes... they turned black. Now, I-I know I must have imagined it. I know I did. But I-I left. I went to the bar, probably had too much to drink, and by the time I came back... [Sighs.] ...my Annie was, uh... I should have stayed. I should have protected her. I'm moving into my sister's place today. I can't be here anymore.

SAM Sure. Well, um, thank you very much for your time. We're both very sorry for your loss.

EXT. MORTON HOUSE - DAY

DEAN So, somebody's killing demons. [DEAN and SAM walk down the stairs to the sidewalk.] Well, that is awesome. I feel like we should send a card or flowers. What kind of flower says "thanks for killing demons"?

SAM Yeah, but who's killing demons? And why? And, by the way, since when does a demon possess someone, then go all "Beautiful Mind" and -- and start digging in the dirt? Does any of this seem right to you?

DEAN I like the part about killing demons. That sounds right. [SAM sighs.]

EXT. RESIDENTIAL AREA - DAY

SAM Sure. Of course. [SAM is talking on his cellphone as the IMPALA comes to a stop in a residential area, the engine is shut off.] Well, thank you very much for all your help. I really appreciate the time. [SAM and DEAN get out of the car, the doors close.] All right. Bye. [SAM closes his cellphone.] So, real-estate guy's wife said he was acting weird. Uh, historian's hubby said the same -- just got all obsessive and then weird. No one saw any black eyes, but still, where there's smoke, you know... [They walk up to a nice house.] I wonder what they're all looking for.

DEAN Well, Wendy Rice here was the last person to speak with Ann, so let's see if she can tell us. [SAM knocks on the door of WENDY RICE's house. A woman with her hair covered with large blue and purple curlers opens the door.]

SAM Special Agent Lynne. This is my partner, Special Agent Tandy. We'd like to ask you a few questions about Ann Morton.

WENDY RICE Oh. [She chuckles self-consciously, plays with a curler.] Uh, uh, uh, of course. Please come in. I had never met her before she called the other night.

SAM Now, why was she calling you?

WENDY RICE She was looking to find an original map of the city.

SAM Did she say what for?

WENDY RICE Well, she -- she didn't, but she did mention an -- an old orchard that had gone missing.

DEAN Missing?

WENDY RICE This -- this town was wiped from the earth by one of the river's 100-year floods. It was -- it was rebuilt. But all the original records were -- were lost. [She smiles, plays with her curler again.] I'm -- I'm a PhD candidate. And this -- this is my research. I, uh... My dissertation is -- is on the history of this town and, uh, its connection to the Underground Railroad and -- and -- and whatnot. [She eagerly hops up, brings over a bright pink binder, pulls out a map.] I've been working to re-create a map for years as part of my research, and this -- this is the old Jakubiak orchard there. [she points to a section of the map.] I found out yesterday it's where Downey meets Bond Street.

SAM Now, did Ann say why she was looking for the site of an old orchard?

WENDY RICE No. We -- we set a time to meet, and she never showed. Then I read about her in the paper. It's just tragic. Ann's assistant called this morning, though, asking if I still had the map.

SAM Assistant? [We hear several knocks on the front door.]

WENDY RICE Oh. That's probably him. Maybe he can help. [She gets up to answer the door, SAM and DEAN follow, we hear a dog barking in the distance.]

WENDY RICE Oh. Are -- are you -- [She has opened the door to find three men standing there. Their eyes go demon black when DEAN and SAM show up behind WENDY RICE. She screams. The three demons barge in and a fight erupts. WENDY RICE is flung into the living room, she smashes into the coffee table. The demon who had tossed WENDY RICE grabs the map, then runs out the door. DEAN pulls out the demon-killing knife, just before he stabs one of the demons, black smoke erupts from the demon's mouth and flies into WENDY RICE's mouth, possessing her, her eyes turn black. She gets up and runs towards another door, DEAN runs after her. Meanwhile SAM is being bested by the third demon, when suddenly the demon is burned out by CASTIEL who tosses the body aside. CASTIEL stands there holding WENDY RICE by her curlers.]

ACT TWO

INT. WENDY RICE'S LIVING ROOM - DAY

DEAN Put this on your shoulder. [DEAN tosses a cold pack at SAM who is seated on the couch, SAM throws it on the floor, clears his throat. DEAN sits down next to SAM. CASTIEL walks into the room.]

SAM I'm fine.

CASTIEL The other demon escaped. I bound the one I caught in a devil's trap. I'm gonna interrogate it now.

SAM Wait a second. Cass. How about you answer some questions first? Like, where the hell have you been?

CASTIEL What should I tell them? [Flash to CASTIEL seated in front of NAOMI in her stainless steel, white office.]

NAOMI The truth. Most of it, anyway. [She gets up and walks around to sit on her desk in front of CASTIEL.] Maybe they can get us closer.

INT. WENDY RICE'S LIVING ROOM - DAY

CASTIEL I've been searching for the other half of the Demon Tablet. [Switch to CASTIEL sitting with the WINCHESTERs in WENDY RICE's living room.]

DEAN Without us?

CASTIEL I've been trying to help, Dean. And in my search, I uncovered that Crowley has sent out demons to find Lucifer's crypts.

DEAN Lucifer had crypts?

CASTIEL Dozens of them, apparently.

SAM But why the storage wars? I mean, what the hell are they all looking for?

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE - DAY

CASTIEL It would be more helpful if they knew everything. [CASTIEL is once again seated in NAOMI's brightly lit office.]

NAOMI They cannot be trusted.

CASTIEL But --

NAOMI Lie, Castiel. Tell them what we discussed.

INT. WENDY RICE'S LIVING ROOM - DAY

CASTIEL They're looking for a parchment that would allow them to decipher Crowley's half of the Demon Tablet without a Prophet. [Switch back to WENDY RICE's living room, CASTIEL mimics NAOMI.]

DEAN A demonic decoder ring? In Crowley's hands? Awesome.

CASTIEL The crypts were, uh, lost over time. Only those closest to Lucifer knew their whereabouts.

SAM Then how did Crowley find them?

CASTIEL His demons have been possessing locals who may have some special knowledge.

SAM That would explain the crazy room at Ann's house. [DEAN sniffs.] But how did they know where to start looking in the first place?

CASTIEL I don't know. I'm hoping the strange-haired demon in the kitchen is more knowledgeable than the others I interrogated. [CASTIEL gets up from the easy chair, goes into the kitchen through the swinging door.]

DEAN Well, he puts the "ass" in "Cass," huh?

SAM He's definitely off.

DEAN Off? He hasn't been right since he got back from Purgatory. We still don't know how he got out of there.

SAM I don't know, Dean. If he's so sketchy, then why were you praying to him?

CASTIEL (V O) You know, I can hear you both. I am a celestial being.

INT. WENDY RICE'S KITCHEN - DAY

WENDY RICE Sam and Dean Winchester. [WENDY RICE is tied to the kitchen table, each hand is fastened separately to a side of the table, palms down. She chuckles. SAM and DEAN lean against the sink, facing her. CASTIEL stands to the side.] Oh, the thoughts she had about you two. Mostly you, Sam. What can I say? She has a thing for smutton chops.

DEAN All right, you douchebag, listen -- [CASTIEL stabs his angel blade through the back of one of WENDY RICE's hands.]

WENDY RICE Aah! [She screams, pants, and whimpers as CASTIEL pulls the blade out of her hand, sparks flying from the weapon.]

CASTIEL Who told you about the crypts?

WENDY RICE I thought angels were supposed to be the good cops. [CASTIEL impales her other hand.] Aah! [She screams, the wound sparking.] Wait! Stop! Stop!! We have a hostage! [CASTIEL wrenches the blade out of her hand, she's panting and gasping from the pain of the angel blade.] It's one of Crowley's pets. She's at the Murray Hotel, down by the interstate. She knows the towns where all the crypts are buried. She saw them all back in the day.

CASTIEL I started this hunt without you because I didn't want anything to slow me down. We have to get to the motel now.

SAM Hold on a second -- [We hear the rustling of angel wings, CASTIEL is gone.]

SAM and DEAN Cass!

DEAN Cass? Cass? Damn it. [They rush out.] Go. Go. Go.

EXT. OUTSIDE MURRAY HOTEL - DAY

The IMPALA races into view, tires squeal, then screech to a halt, the engine shuts off. DEAN and SAM jump out of the car and look up as we see a flash of light coming from a third floor window.]

SAM There. There. [They race for the hotel, still looking up towards the window.]

INT. MURRAY HOTEL HALLWAY - DAY

DEAN and SAM run through the hallway, stopping outside a closed door. There's another flash of light coming from around the door, we hear a cry of pain. They burst into the room as a demon with burned out eyes topples onto the body of another dead demon whose eyes have also been burned out. CASTIEL stands there.

SAM Thanks for waiting.

CASTIEL The hostage is in there. [He nods his head towards a closed door. DEAN opens the door. We see MEG, with long, blond hair, bruised, bloody face, tied up, sitting on the floor.]

MEG Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?

INT. MURRAY HOTEL ROOM - DAY

DEAN So, I got to ask. Um... [MEG is now seated on a bed, we get a close-up of her battered, bloody face.] What's up with the hair? [POV pulls back, MEG is sitting cross legged on the bed, SAM and DEAN in chairs at the foot of the bed, CASTIEL stands facing them, his arms across his chest, his back to the window.] What?

MEG Aww. Thanks for noticing, Dean. But this wasn't my idea. It was Crowley's. And it's just another reason I want to stab him in the face.

SAM Wait a second. You've been telling Crowley the location of Lucifer's crypts.

MEG What can I say? I needed a break from the constant torture. And I did visit them all during my time with Yellow Eyes. But don't worry. I haven't exactly been giving them the Glengarry leads.

CASTIEL You mean you've been lying to them?

MEG I just get them in the ballpark. Enough time's passed and enough's changed that they bought it.

DEAN Why lie?

MEG Buy myself some time, dummy. Try to find a way to get free.

SAM Wait -- so... A bunch of innocent people died so you could... buy yourself some time?

MEG Hi. I'm Meg. I'm a demon.

CASTIEL So, what have they found?

MEG Bupkis. Every crypt's been one Al Capone's vault after another. And on top of that, someone kept picking up the trail and icing demons. I'm guessing that was you, Castiel. But Crowley just keeps sending more. He's hell-bent on...

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE - DAY

CASTIEL She's gonna tell them the truth. [switch POV to CASTIEL standing in NAOMI's office, he's standing, arms crossed.] Do I have to kill her?

NAOMI She does know the location of the crypts. But working with a demon is... unclean.

CASTIEL Well, we could use her -- as Crowley did.

NAOMI Agreed.

INT. MURRAY HOTEL - DAY

MEG ...finding that Angel Tablet. [Close-up of MEG sitting on the bed.]

SAM Wait a second. Did you just say "Angel Tablet"?

MEG You know, I get why Crowley calls you "moose" now. Yes -- "Angel Tablet." Crowley found out Lucifer had it, figures it's stashed in a crypt.

CASTIEL Well, this is news to me, as well. Demons I interrogated, they must have been lying about their true intentions.

DEAN Really? 'Cause I saw you "Zero Dark Thirty" that demon. You were more than persuasive.

MEG You're both missing the point. I lied to them, which means they're digging in the wrong place. But not for long. They'll be back here soon. So, who's up for fleeing?

SAM She's right. We need to find those crypts before they do. Meg, you're the only one who's been there.

CASTIEL We need your help.

MEG Any of you dummies got a map? [Chuckles.]

INT. MORTON'S BASEMENT - DAY

MEG There. That's where the crypt was. [DEAN, SAM, MEG, and CASTIEL are clustered around the miniature village in the MORTON's basement. DEAN and SAM are now wearing jeans, shirts, jackets.]

SAM What's there now?

MEG Do I look like Google to you? None of these buildings were here way back in the day. Figure it out, genius. Is there any booze in this dump? [She walks away.]

INT. MORTON'S BASEMENT - DAY

DEAN (V O) He lied to us. [SAM and DEAN come into view. SAM is seated at the table, working on the laptop. DEAN stands next to him.]

SAM Yeah, maybe. I can kind of understand why. I mean, an Angel Tablet? [Chuckles.] If the Demon Tablet can shut the Gates of Hell, what can the Angel Tablet do?

INT. MORTON HOUSE, LIVING ROOM - DAY

CASTIEL These wounds have festered. [CASTIEL wraps gauze around one of MEG's wrists.]

MEG You really do know how to make a girl's nethers quiver, don't you? [MEG is sitting on the couch, holding an open bottle of booze, she's been cleaned up a bit.]

CASTIEL I am aware of how to do that. Although it doesn't usually involve cleaning wounds.

MEG Why are you so sweet on me, Clarence?

CASTIEL I don't know. And I still don't know who Clarence is.

MEG Would it kill you to watch a movie, read a book? [She takes a swig directly from the bottle of alcohol.]

CASTIEL A movie, no. But a book with the proper spells -- yeah, it could, theoretically, kill me.

MEG You know, you're much cuter when you're shutting up. So, which Cass are you now? Original make and model or crazy town?

CASTIEL If you're referring to the pizza man... Yes, I remember the pizza man. And it's a good memory.

INT. MORTON'S BASEMENT - DAY

SAM Here goes. [SAM highlights a section of the street map on the computer, superimposes it onto a satellite view of the corresponding area.] All right. According to this, the crypt has to be below an abandoned building.

DEAN Good times. You really think we can trust, uh, Meg-stiel?

SAM No. But what choice do we have? [We hear the keyboard clacking.]

INT. MORTON HOUSE, LIVING ROOM - DAY

MEG You ever miss the Apocalypse? [She's drinking the liquor straight from the bottle.]

CASTIEL No. Why would I miss the end of times?

MEG I miss the simplicity. I was bad. You were good. Life was easier. Now it's all so messy. I'm kind of good, which sucks. And you're kind of bad -- which is actually all manner of hot. We survive this... I'm gonna order some pizza and we're gonna move some furniture around. You understand?

DEAN All right. Let's roll, campers. [DEAN and SAM come into the room, look at MEG and CASTIEL staring at each other, the brothers leave.]

INT. MURRAY HOTEL - DAY

We hear the creak as the room door is opened, our POV is through someone's legs and we see the bodies of the two dead demons laying on the floor. The legs walk forward and it's the third demon who ran away with WENDY RICE's map. The demon flips open his cellphone with a beep.

DEMON # 3 Sir? I, uh, searched the site top to bottom. It's empty. No, there's no crypt there. And, uh, that's not all. It's just me now, sir. [DEMON # 3 is pacing the room, talking on the cellphone.] I, um... We may have lost Meg. [POV standing behind the demon still talking on the cellphone, but now there's someone behind him and that person puts down his cellphone.] Sir? [CROWLEY stands behind DEMON # 3.] Hello, sir?

CROWLEY Just to be clear... [DEMON # 3 is startled that CROWLEY is behind him, he slowly lowers his cellphone.] ...you can't find a hole in the ground... Your coworkers have met with an untimely demise... ...and you've lost my favorite chew toy. [CROWLEY now is facing DEMON # 3.] Brilliant. What's that old expression? [CROWLEY pulls out a weapon.] "If you want something done right..." [CROWLEY stabs DEMON # 3 who dies with the flash of sparking lights.] ...blah, blah, blah. [CROWLEY pulls the bloody weapon out of the dead demon, it's an angel blade.]

ACT THREE

EXT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE, ALLEY - NIGHT

MEG So, this is it. Basement?

DEAN All right, Cass and I will head in and get our Indiana Jones on. Sam, you stay outside with Meg.

SAM What?

DEAN We got this.

SAM What are you talking about, Dean? I'm not letting you go in there alone.

CASTIEL He won't be alone.

SAM That's not what I mean. Meg can hang here, watch our backs.

DEAN Oh, what? Now you trust Meg?

MEG Hey, I got you this far.

DEAN Shut up.

SAM Shut up, Meg. Dean --

DEAN Sam, I saw your bloody rag in the trash can, okay?

SAM That wasn't --

DEAN Stop. Just stop. Sam, we don't know what's in there, okay? And you almost let a demon get the best of you back there.

SAM I'm fine.

DEAN No, you're not fine. You haven't been fine since the first trial. That's why I called Cass.

MEG Wait -- so I took how many bullets for you guys, and you didn't even look for me? [MEG and SAM are using spray paint to make symbols on the doors, boarded-up windows, the ground.] Like, once? [Scoffs.] My hero. What's with all the "trial" and "being damaged" crap?

SAM Look, no disrespect, but you haven't exactly been the most, uh, trustworthy person in our lives, Meg.

MEG You're not gonna tell me? Seriously? How am I not team Sam? [We hear SAM's can rattle and hiss as he continues to spray paint. MEG scoffs.] Fine. Whatever it is, you okay dying over it? [SAM shakes his can again.] You don't want to say, fine. But remember, I spent time in that walking corpse of yours. I know your sad, little thoughts and feelings.

SAM That's creepy.

MEG Here's what I remember. Deep down, in parts you never let see the light of day, you want to live a long, normal life away from creepy old things like me.

SAM I do. [Scoffs.] You know, I spent last year with... someone, and, um... ...now I know that's actually possible.

MEG Wait -- that's how you spent your last year? With a chick? Lame.

SAM You know, how about we just wait quietly? [SAM's can rattles.]

MEG What was her name? You don't even trust me with a name? Cut me, do I not bleed, Sam? So, some chick actually got you off hunting, huh? That's one rare creature. Tell me -- how'd you meet this unicorn?

INT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE, BASEMENT, CRYPT - NIGHT

CASTIEL and DEAN are in a dusty, dirty crypt with a vaulted ceiling, CASTIEL is standing watching while DEAN shines his flashlight looking around the room. There are ancient artifacts laying around, everything is covered with dust, spider webs. Close-up of CASTIEL's face.

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE - NIGHT

CASTIEL I found it. [CASTIEL opens the glass door to NAOMI's office.]

NAOMI Tell the Winchester the crypt is empty. Then you can come back --

CASTIEL Crowley's demons are still in town, and we're running out of time. What should I do? [He is inside NAOMI's office, the glass door closes.]

NAOMI Handle it.

INT. BASEMENT, CRYPT - NIGHT

CASTIEL Dean... [POV switches back to the crypt. CASTIEL points towards an item on a shelf against the wall.] That's it. [DEAN shines his flashlight on a carved, wooden chest.]

DEAN How do you know?

CASTIEL It's the only thing in here warded against angels. [DEAN picks up the heavy object and places it on the table in front of CASTIEL. DEAN picks up a small dagger, pries open the lid. He reaches in and lifts out a rather large block of stone.]

DEAN Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

CASTIEL Good. Hand it to me, and I'll take it to heaven.

DEAN No, we will take it to Kevin so he can translate. [DEAN holds the block of stone using both hands.]

CASTIEL Right. Of course. I'll take it to him right away. No time to waste.

DEAN Well, he's not that far. I've been meaning to... go check on him, bring him some supplies.

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE - NIGHT

NAOMI If the demons get their hands on the Angel Tablet, they'll kill us all. They'll destroy heaven.

CASTIEL I can reason with Dean. He's a good man.

NAOMI Kill him.

INT. BASEMENT, CRYPT - NIGHT

CASTIEL I can resupply the Prophet, Dean.

DEAN You know, why don't, uh, why don't Sam and I take it over to him, and you can get back to your mission? Finding the other half of the Demon Tablet -- that is priority, isn't it?

CASTIEL I can't let you take that, Dean.

DEAN Can't or won't?

CASTIEL Both.

DEAN How did you get out of Purgatory, Cass?

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE - NIGHT

CASTIEL There has to be another way.

NAOMI You have done this a thousand times, Castiel. You're ready. Kill him. Then take the tablet and bring it home, where it belongs.

INT. BASEMENT, CRYPT - NIGHT

DEAN Just tell me how you got out of Purgatory. Be honest with me -- for the first time since you've been back -- [DEAN nods towards the stone he's still holding] and this is yours. [CASTIEL's blade drops into his hand.]

EXT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

MEG Wait -- h-hold on. There's one part I don't understand. You hit a dog and stopped. Why?

SAM That whole story, and that's your takeaway?

MEG Oh, I heard the rest. You fell in love with a unicorn. It was beautiful, then sad, then sadder. I laughed, I cried, I puked in my mouth a little. And honestly, I kind of get it.

SAM Really?

MEG We've got company.

INT. BASEMENT, CRYPT - NIGHT

Close-up of the angel blade in CASTIEL's hand.

DEAN Cass. Cass, I don't know what the hell is wrong with you, but if you're in there and you can hear me, you don't have to do this. [CASTIEL attacks, DEAN blocks the blow with the stone.] Cass! [Flashes of light, thunder rumbles.]

NAOMI Just relax, Castiel. Let your vessel do what you know deep down is the right thing.

INT. BASEMENT, CRYPT - NIGHT

CASTIEL What have you done to me, Naomi?

DEAN Who's Naomi?!

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE - NIGHT

NAOMI What have I done to you?! Do you have any idea what it's like out there? There's blood everywhere, and it's on your hands. After everything you did -- to us, to heaven. I fixed you, Castiel. I fixed you! [She is furious.]

EXT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

SAM and MEG turn towards two demons who are charging and carrying clubs. The demons attack.

INT. BASEMENT, CRYPT - NIGHT

DEAN Cass! [DEAN puts his hand on CASTIEL's shoulder. CASTIEL backhands DEAN who is thrown into a wall and falls to the floor.]

EXT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

MEG and SAM are still fighting the demons. SAM takes out one demon, he appears unsteady. He stands and watches as MEG kills the second demon.

INT. BASEMENT, CRYPT - NIGHT

CASTIEL is attacking DEAN. DEAN throws a punch, CASTIEL grabs his forearm and breaks it. We hear the bone snap, DEAN drops the stone, it shatters, revealing the tablet that was encased within. Lightning flashes.

EXT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

MEG pulls the blade out of the body of the dead demon, she and SAM look around as lightning flashes and thunder rumbles.

CROWLEY I believe they're playing my song.

INT. BASEMENT, CRYPT - NIGHT

CASTIEL is beating DEAN. DEAN's face is bruised and bloodied.

DEAN You want it? [CASTIEL looks dispassionately at the now exposed tablet.] Take it! But you're gonna have to kill me first. Come on, you coward. Do it. Do it! [CASTIEL continues to beat DEAN.]

DEAN Cass. [CASTIEL drops the blade with a clang. DEAN groans and pants in pain. CASTIEL reaches down for the angel tablet, as he picks it up, the Enochian writing begins to glow, the light flows up his arm, surrounding his entire being, the room, DEAN.]

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE - NIGHT

NAOMI Aah! Aah! [NAOMI is covered with the bright light and she throws up her arm to shield her face as she flinches back and away from the intense brightness.]

INT. BASEMENT, CRYPT - NIGHT

POV, DEAN sits on the floor covered with the bright light but he barely raises one arm to protect himself.

CROWLEY Timon and Pumbaa... [We hear the door close] ...tell you their big plan? Did they share that little chestnut with you? They mean to close the Gates of Hell, sweetheart. They mean to kill me and all the demons -- you included.

MEG You had me at "kill you," Crowley. [She smiles, CROWLEY strikes.]

INT. BASEMENT, CRYPT - NIGHT

DEAN So, this "Naomi" has been controlling you since she got you out of Purgatory?

CASTIEL Yeah.

DEAN Well, w-what broke the connection?

CASTIEL I don't know. I just know that I have to protect this tablet now.

DEAN From Naomi?

CASTIEL Yes. And from you.

DEAN From me? What are you talking about? [CASTIEL and the tablet are suddenly gone, the sound rumbles through the crypt.] Cass? Cass! Damn it.

POV, a newly beaten and bloody MEG lifts herself up from the wet ground. CROWLEY reaches down, grabs her by the jacket, pulls her up.

CROWLEY I could beat on you for eternity.

MEG Take all the time you want, you pig. [She's weak, but defiant. She and CROWLEY look back as we hear the car doors open, then close.]

MEG No Cass in the back seat. Your stone is long gone. [MEG stabs CROWLEY in the shoulder using the angel blade, sparks fly.]

CROWLEY Aah! [He gasps, he grabs the blade and stabs MEG. SAM and DEAN look back as the demon MEG dies. Tires squeal as the car speeds away.]

ACT FIVE

INT. BASEMENT, CRYPT - NIGHT

Scene opens with CROWLEY standing between the table and the far wall.

CROWLEY Naomi. Fancy meeting you here. [NAOMI comes into view, her back framed in the archway.] Haven't seen you in a dark age. Love the haircut.

NAOMI How's the shoulder?

CROWLEY Just a flesh wound. Now, I don't have the tablet, and if you're here, neither do you. Which means that your Castiel is in the wind with our prize. If I didn't know you better, I'd say you're losing your touch.

NAOMI Castiel isn't in the wind. He's doing exactly what he's supposed to do -- protect the tablet.

CROWLEY Even from you? Easy, love. If you remember our time in Mesopotamia the way I do, you know I'm a lover, not a fighter.

NAOMI What do you want, you cockroach?

CROWLEY Maybe we can make a deal before this gets truly bollocksed. I mean, I must have something that you want. [He scoffs when she just disappears.] Tart stole my move.

EXT. IMPALA - NIGHT

POV, the brothers are in the IMPALA, DEAN is driving.

SAM So... what happened? I mean, Cass touched the tablet, and it reset him to his factory settings or something?

DEAN I don't know. And I don't care. All I know is that he is off the reservation with a-a heavenly WMD. Listen, man, I can't take any more lies -- from anyone.

SAM Yeah. Um... I know. I'm sorry. I should have told you. I-I... just wanted to believe I was okay. I don't know.

DEAN Well, you heard what Cass said -- that that first trial hurt you in ways that even he can't heal. Sammy, I need you to be honest with me from here on out, man.

SAM You're right. And I will be.

DEAN Listen, I may not be able to carry the burden that comes along with these trials... But I can carry you.

SAM You... realize you kind of just quoted "Lord of the Rings," right?

♪ ...is the undisputed truth ♪ but I have to have things my own way ♪ ♪ to keep me in my youth ♪ like a ship without an anchor ♪ ♪ like a slave without a chain ♪ just the thought of those sweet ladies ♪ ♪ sends a shiver through my veins ♪ ♪ and I will go on shining ♪ shining like brand-new ♪

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE - NIGHT

A female angel enters, shakes her head no at NAOMI. [Supertramp plays throughout the scene.]

CASTIEL is sitting on a moving bus, the angel tablet in his hands. He puts the tablet into a bag, closes the zipper. Scene pulls back, shows CASTIEL seated in the third row from the back of the bus, we see other passengers. Overhead shot of the "Greyhound"-type bus heading down the highway to the strains of Supertramp, it goes into a tunnel.